7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns

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APRIL 13 2026 | EIGHTH MINI ALBUM | TITLE TRACK: STICK WITH YOU

SUMMARY: '7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns' marks a turning point in Tomorrow X Together's journey - their first album to step outside the long-running narrative that has defined their music since debut. At the symbolic seven-year mark, a threshold often associated with uncertainty and endings in the K-pop industry, the group turns inward: reflecting on the weight of time, the fragility of continuation, and the quiet, deliberate choice to remain.

Though no longer part of their chapter-based storyline, the storytelling doesn't disappear - it transforms, shedding fantasy and metaphor in favor of something more immediate and real. The "thorns" at the heart of its imagery represent not only pain and turbulence, but the consequences of choices consciously made and fully owned. The album explores the instinct to hold on - to relationships that are drifting, to versions of oneself that are fading, to dreams that feel newly uncertain under pressure - while also acknowledging the release that comes from briefly setting that weight aside. Rather than breaking free from the thorns, they learn to exist within them: accepting uncertainty, taking ownership of the path that brought them here, and finding meaning in stillness rather than stagnation. Yet it doesn't end in resignation. It closes with genuine curiosity and warmth - an openness to tomorrow that feels earned. Less about overcoming and more about choosing: to stay, to move forward, and to face the unknown together. Released following all five members renewing their contracts, what could have marked an ending instead becomes a deliberate new beginning - not a conclusion, but a reset.

Tracklist

1. Bed of Thorns

⋆ Genre: Electronic

⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang

⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, "hitman" bang, Madison Love, Sorana, Hwang Yu Bin (XYXX), Kim Bo Eun (Jamfactory), YIYIJIN, ALMENG (XYXX), Mia (153/Joombas), Woo Seung Yeon (153/Joombas), Park Se Rin (lalala studio), Jo In Ho (lalala studio)

2. Stick With You (Korean Title: Just One More Day Per Day)

Title Track

⋆ Genre: Electro Pop

⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Jondren Hwang

⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Jondren Hwang, Dev Lemons, Liam Benayon, Tommy Driscoll, "hitman" bang, Jiggy (153/Joombas), Gloria Kaiyi Hui, Jared Fuller Freedman, Rollo, JBACH, Emma Rosen, Grant Averill, Phil Good, January 8th, Yoona Ha (153/Joombas), Kim Nayeon, Kim Chae Ah (153/Joombas), Park Sang Yu (153/Joombas), Stalking Gia, Jackson Hoffman, Ryder Stuart

3. Take Me To Nirvana (ft. Vinida Weng)

⋆ Genre: Electro Pop

⋆ Producing Credits: Osrin

⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Willow Kayne, Osrin, Hanna Jäger, Merry Christmas (153/Joombas), Park Sang Yu (153/Joombas), Na Jung Ah (153/Joombas), Zaya (153/Joombas), Lee Seu Ran, Cho Yun Kyoung, Park Lang (XYXX), cha ri (153/Joombas), Gujo (153/Joombas), Geum To (153/Joombas), Mia (153/Joombas), YIYIJIN, Bay (153/Joombas), Yoon (153/Joombas)

4. So What

⋆ Genre: Synth Funk

⋆ Producing Credits: Elkan, Kavin Smith, Maiz, PXPILLON

⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Paul Omar Elkan Agyei, Kavin Smith, Kamal Wilson, Sian Imani Hannah Emeh, Maiz, PXPILLON, Yeonjun, ryumona (153/Joombas), MARYJANE (lalala studio), danke, Ellie Suh (153/Joombas), Taehyun, YIYIJIN, Kim Kal Pi (153/Joombas), Chang Yeo Jin (lalala studio), Cho Yun Kyoung

5. 21st Century Romance

⋆ Genre: Alt-R&B

⋆ Producing Credits: Elof Loelv, Slow Rabbit, Maiz

⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Elof Loelv, Maiz, SPOON (153/Joombas), Slow Rabbit, Woo Seung Yeon (153/Joombas), Hueningkai, Na Yun Jeong (lalala studio), Gu Samyoung (153/Joombas), Kim In Hyung, Bay (153/Joombas), Zaya (153/Joombas), Kim Chae Ah (153/Joombas), Shaillo (XYXX), chaeryn (153/Joombas), January 8th, Jeon Jieun, Moon Ji Young (lalala studio)

6. Dream of Mine (Korean Title: The Next Next)

⋆ Genre: Alt-Pop

⋆ Producing Credits: Dave Hamelin

⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Dave Hamelin, Leven Kali, PXPILLON, Park Sung Hee (Jamfactory), Park Sang Yu (153/Joombas), danke, Yoon (153/Joombas), Soobin, Gu Samyoung (153/Joombas), Jung Na Gyeong (153/Joombas), TENSEECHEE (XYXX), Chang Yeo Jin (lalala studio), Cho Yun Kyoung